# tweet

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtwiːt/ · frequency rank #5,462

## Definitions
1. The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle.
2. An entry posted on the microblogging service Twitter.
3. An entry on any microblogging service.

## Etymology
Onomatopoeic of the sound made by a bird. Compare twitter. The social media senses evolved from earlier Twitter update, twit (noun), twitter (verb).

## Easily confused with
- **twit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tweet-vs-twit)
- **twist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tweet-vs-twist)
- **twenty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tweet-vs-twenty)
- **tweeter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tweet-vs-tweeter)
- **tee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tee-vs-tweet)
- **tet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tet-vs-tweet)
- **test** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/test-vs-tweet)
- **text** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/text-vs-tweet)
- **tree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tree-vs-tweet)
- **teen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teen-vs-tweet)
- **tent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tent-vs-tweet)
- **thee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thee-vs-tweet)
- **Tees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tees-vs-tweet)
- **twat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/twat-vs-tweet)
- **treat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/treat-vs-tweet)
- **trees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trees-vs-tweet)
- **teeth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teeth-vs-tweet)
- **theft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/theft-vs-tweet)
- **Trent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trent-vs-tweet)
- **Tibet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tibet-vs-tweet)

## Common misspellings (7)
`tewet`, `ttweet`, `tweett`, `twet`, `twete`, `twweet`, `wteet`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tweet